Prince of Tears

Overview

A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was violently put down by authorities), Taiwan came under martial law, and through much of the 1950s brutal reprisals against suspected communists were commonplace. During the years of the "White Terror," thousand of supposed dissidents were killed, imprisoned or simply disappeared at the hands of the military police.

Cast

Fan Wing

Uncle Ding Keqiang

Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan

Sun Hansheng

Terri Kwan Wing

Ouyang Qianjun

Océane Zhu

Jin Wanping

Jack Kao

Ah-Chang

Kenneth Tsang

General Liu

Lin Yo-Wei

Teacher Qiu

Lisa Chiao Chiao

Female Interoggator

Her Jung

Yonfan

Narrator (voice)